The Shape of Water (2017)
“If I told you about her, what would I say? I wonder.” Watching a Guillermo del Toro film can be an exhaustive, drowning, practically purgative process. It’s easy to […]
Monthly Archives: December 2017
The Greatest Showman (2017)
“You need something alive.” Gaudy, gregarious, and indiscriminately empowering, The Greatest Showman is like a vivid dream that you watch with eyes wide open. Technically speaking, that’s not always a good thing […]
Downsizing (2017)
“What won’t they think of next?” For roughly 45 minutes or so – approximately 1/3 of the film’s increasingly tiresome duration – Downsizing is all aces. It’s intelligent, witty, and the art […]
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
“A game for those who seek to find a way to leave their world behind.” Nobody likes a know-it-all or a smart ass. That is unless you yourself are one. […]
The Disaster Artist (2017)
“Just because you want it doesn’t mean it’s gonna happen.” The Disaster Artist frustrated me, but not in the negative ways that you might expect. As a kinda-sorta autobiographical film recreating […]
Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards (2017)
(This is my take on the year’s winners. The formal press release can be found on IndianaFilmJournalists.com) The results are in and I’m happy to report that Lady Bird, the little engine […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
“Why are you here?” While a verifiable hit with the all-time biggest domestic weekend ever at the box office, J.J. Abrams’ The Force Awakens – the first entry in this new Star […]
Maudie (2017)
“Some people don’t like it if you’re different.” What makes Maudie special despite its frequent flaws has to be its willing attempt to paint its small pig pen of characters with such […]
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
“Looks like we got a war on our hands.” It’s quite obvious from the onset that Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri refuses to rely on entirely one-sided characterizations. The victims of this […]
Stronger (2017)
“They’re trying to make a hero out of me.” Not all superhero movies require capes and masks and incalculable powers. As evidenced in the remarkably intimate film Stronger, sometimes they can […]
